Laynes' Line

     I apologize for not getting this blog updated for several days, but my main computer was down and took almost a week to repair it. Let's get to the news. Praise the Lord, Junior (the man beaten up) was not seriously injured. The men attacked him as he opened his front door and immediately threw him to the ground. Chances are, they said something to him or asked him something, but since he is deaf, he never heard them. They tried to stab him several times with a knife. He screamed loudly several times and his neighbors ran out and scared off the men. It ended up that they took nothing! He protected his new Bible in front of his chest, and the solidness of the Bible inside his backpack kept the knife from entering his body. He praises the Lord that his new Bible was not damaged and thanks Him that his injuries healed quickly. He bought the Bible THAT VERY DAY!      This country where we minister is in a state of grave danger and appears it will be so for some time. In the last

     Omar opened our services today and led all the activities until the preaching time. What a blessing to see how the Lord is working in their lives! You could imagine that they have been in church all their lives, not just seven months. He usually can answer questions that Pastor Armando asks during the preaching and yet they came totally ignorant of God's Word. It just shows what the lord can do if someone wishes to be in His hand to be used.      It just happened to be our pastor's birthday, but a "party" was never announced. All of the folks just got their heads together and put it together this last week. We all consider him our "young" pastor, but you can see the number on his cake. He preached a good message as always and then invited everyone to stay around for cake. We all pitched in about $3.85 for steak on the grill, nopales (cactus), grilled onions and chorizo (red, spicy, chili flavored sausage) and quesadillas (cheese in tortillas). The onl